4.  The applicant was born in 1929 and lives in the village of Nikolskoye, the Uglegorskiy District of the Sakhalin Region.
5.  In August 2000 the applicant’s housing was destroyed as a result of an earthquake. The Administration of the Uglegorskiy District of the Sakhalin Region (“the Administration”) established a list of people who had lost housing in order to provide them with housing certificates. The applicant was not put on that list.
6.  On 27 September 2002 the Uglegorskiy Town Court of the Sakhalin Region (“the Town Court”) recognised the applicant’s right to a housing certificate and ordered the Administration to put her on the list for housing certificates. The judgment was not appealed against and acquired legal force ten days later. On 20 January 2003 the applicant was put on the list for housing certificates, but she has never received one.
7.  On 27 May 2003 the applicant brought a new court action against the Administration. She sought to receive a monetary compensation for the purchase of housing instead of a housing certificate.
8.  By a judgment of 29 December 2003 the Town Court ordered the Administration to pay the applicant 389,600 Russian roubles. The court also held that since the applicant had been awarded money for the purchase of housing she lost her right to a housing certificate. The judgment was not appealed against and entered into force ten days later.
9.  Enforcement proceedings initiated by the bailiffs’ service of the Uglegorskiy District on 22 January 2004 were suspended by the Town Court on 28 October 2004 and 25 February 2005 on account that the Administration had applied for a supervisory review of the judgment of 29 December 2003.
10.  On 29 June 2005 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the application for supervisory review lodged by the Administration.
11.  On 22 August 2005 the Town Court ordered the bailiff’s service to reopen the enforcement proceedings.
12.  The judgment of 29 December 2003 was fully enforced on 22 June 2006.
13.  On 18 July 2006 the Government informed the Court that on 22 June 2006 the applicant and the Administration had concluded an agreement to settle the case. The Government submitted a copy of the agreement duly signed by the parties. It bore an official stamp of the Administration. Its relevant part, as translated from Russian, provides as follows:
“Subocheva Olga Zakharovna ... and the Administration of the Uglegorskiy District of the Sakhalin Region represented by its head, Mr Osipov Leonid Mikhaylovich, reached an agreement in respect of the judgment of 29 December 2003 on the following terms: 1. In view that the judgment of the Uglegorskiy Town Court of 29 December 2003, by which the Administration of the Uglegorskiy District was to pay Mrs Subocheva a monetary award in the amount of 389,600 roubles, had been enforced ( payment order no. 1245 of 22 June 2006), Mrs Subocheva Olga Zakharovna withdraws her application from the European Court of Human Rights together with any claims for non-pecuniary damage sustained as a result of the non-enforcement of the judgment of the Uglegorskiy Town Court. Furthermore, Mrs Subocheva declares that she has no more claims against the Administration of the Uglegorskiy District in respect of the above application. 2. The present agreement is to be approved by the European Court of Human Rights in the framework of the proceedings no. 2245/05. ...”
14.  On 26 December 2006 the applicant submitted that she intended to pursue her application before the Court. She claimed that on 19 June 2006 the Administration had invited her to sign an agreement. According to the applicant, the Administration forced her to sign the agreement by saying that if she did not sign it, she would not receive the amount awarded by the judgment of 29 December 2003. The applicant submitted to the Court a copy of the agreement of 19 June 2006 signed by her and the head of the Administration. Its relevant part, as translated from Russian, provides as follows:
“Subocheva Olga Zakharovna ... and the Administration of the Uglegorskiy District of the Sakhalin Region represented by its head, Mr Osipov Leonid Mikhaylovich, reached an agreement on the following terms: 1. The Administration of the Uglegorskiy District undertakes, under the judgment of 29 December 2003, to transfer the amount of 389,600 roubles to the applicant’s account, out of the budget of the Sakhalin Region. 2. Mrs Subocheva Olga Zakharovna withdraws her application from the European Court of Human and declares that she would not claim the amount of 389,600 roubles or any other amounts. Furthermore, once the provisions of the first paragraph are satisfied, Mrs Subocheva declares that she has no more claims against the Administration of the Uglegorskiy District in respect of the above application. 3. The present agreement is to be approved by the European Court of Human Rights in the framework of the proceedings no. 2245/05.
... 4. The parties declare that they understand the consequences of the conclusion of the present agreement as indicated in Article 39 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
The applicant finally submitted that on 22 June 2006 the Administration informed her that the money had arrived to the bank account of the administration and that she had to sign a new agreement.